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Dahi Vada

Ingredients for Vada Batter

Urad dal-1 cup
(soak it for for 2 hour & grind to a smooth & fluffy thick batter with very little water added in intervals. Add salt and beat the batter well with your hand to get a fluffy batter)
Salt to taste
Ingredients for the curd mixture
Beaten curd-3 cups
Salt to taste
Fresh ginger a small piece, green chilly- 4,mint leaves - 1 tsp , coriander leaves a handful

(Grind ginger,green chillies,mint,coriander leaves to a smooth paste)

Sugar - 1/2 tsp
(Take a bowl add all above mentioned ingredients together, mix well and keep it aside. For extra richness cream or sour cream can be added)
Other ingredients
Oil-required amount for deep frying
Warm milk-required amount to soak the vadas
Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Red chillies-3
Curry leaves-little

Hing a pinch
(Heat oil & temper it with above ingredients and keep it aside)

Thayir Vada

Method

Heat oil in a pan wet your palm take some batter and shape it into a vada and slide gently into the oil.

If you are not able to get the shape do not worry dip a round ladle into the water and scoop out the batter with the wet ladle and drop it into the hot oil gently.

Deep fry till color changes and do and fry till crisp and brown.

Remove from oil and drop them into the warm milk.Let them soak till you are done frying all the vadas.

This step is important as they will soften the vadas.

Arrange the soaked vadas into a tray and pour the curd mixture.Top it with the tempering. Keep it in fridge till serving time.

Just before serving sprinkle some jeera powder and red chilly powder on top and enjoy!

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